Climate averages 1991–2020
Karachi weather
in April.
A hot, very dry month: the 4th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Karachi: daytime highs average 33.1°C and nights cool to about 23.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical April (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 43 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hub (22 km away). In April its highs average 32.6°C, about as warm as Karachi, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 166 cities listed in Pakistan, Karachi ranks joint 113th of 166 for the warmest April highs and 1st of 166 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 166 cities is 34.1°C; Karachi is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 33.9°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Karachi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.4°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 4.3 | 1.0 | 10.811 h |
| February | 26.7°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 4.3 | 0.7 | 11.311 h |
| March | 30.3°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 2.2 | 0.5 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 33.1°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 0.6 | 0.1 | 12.713 h |
| May | 33.9°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 13.313 h |
| June | 33.6°C27.9°C | 27.9°C | 5.8 | 0.8 | 13.714 h |
| July | 31.8°C27.5°C | 27.5°C | 42 | 3.6 | 13.514 h |
| August | 30.6°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 42 | 3.1 | 13.013 h |
| September | 31.2°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 11 | 1.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 33.2°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 2.1 | 0.5 | 11.612 h |
| November | 30.4°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 3.0 | 0.2 | 11.011 h |
| December | 26.3°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 2.5 | 0.4 | 10.611 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Hub in AprilPakistan · 22 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 23.3°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Kotri in AprilPakistan · 142 kmHigh 38.4°C · Low 23.3°C · 1.9 mm rain
- Hyderabad, Pakistan in AprilPakistan · 150 kmHigh 38.5°C · Low 23.3°C · 2.3 mm rain
- Tando Muhammad Khan in AprilPakistan · 157 kmHigh 38.2°C · Low 22.8°C · 1.6 mm rain
- Tando Jam in AprilPakistan · 165 kmHigh 38.4°C · Low 23.1°C · 2.3 mm rain
- Manjhand in AprilPakistan · 170 kmHigh 38.8°C · Low 23.6°C · 3.0 mm rain
- Hala in AprilPakistan · 177 kmHigh 38.8°C · Low 23.5°C · 2.7 mm rain
- Arif Wala in AprilPakistan · 178 kmHigh 37.9°C · Low 21.5°C · 5.6 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Karachi) is explained once on the Karachi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.